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Officeholder

Officeholder Meaning & Definition
Officeholder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Officeholder?

[n] the official who holds an office
[n] someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Officeholder: incumbent | officer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Officeholder: bureaucrat | civil servant | functionary | functionnaire | holdover | incumbent | ins | jack-in-office | lame duck | mandarin | new broom | office-bearer | officer | official | officiary | petty tyrant | placeman | president-elect | public official | public servant | red-tapist

See Also | functionary | office-bearer | official | probation officer | sergeant at arms | serjeant-at-arms

Officeholder In Webster's Dictionary

\Of"fice*hold"er\, n. An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

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